Prevalence of agglutinating antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii in striped skunks (Mephitis mephitis), opossums (Didelphis virginiana), and raccoons (Procyon lotor) from Connecticut

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 664-665

  Mitchell, Sheila M ^a   Richardson, Dennis J ^b   Lindsay, David S ^a  

^a CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY; MARSUPIAL; MUSTELID; OMNIVORY; PARASITE; PROTOZOAN;

ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; DIDELPHIS VIRGINIANA; HEMAGGLUTINATION; MEPHITIS MEPHITIS; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; RACCOON; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; UNITED STATES;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CONNECTICUT; FEMALE; MALE; MEPHITIDAE; OPOSSUMS; RACCOONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; URBAN HEALTH;

CONNECTICUT; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS VIRGINIANA; MEPHITIS; MEPHITIS MEPHITIS; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 33746472917     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-800R.1     Document Type: Article

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